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The musical hook "Wild Side," audible from the outset, was a sliding bass line devised and played by session musician Herbie Flowers on an upright double-bass doubled by an electric bass. Reed, for his part, admitted that he could very rarely understand a word Ronson said. Steve Harlye, Mott the Hoople who covered his "Sweet Jane"Jonathan Richman, and especially David Bowie were among those who had lent an ear and recycled what they heard. Reed had been playing with "Wild Side" over a year before he recorded it; he had been asked to score a stage show of the novel by Nelson Algren of the same name. After Ross nailed the solo in one take, Bowie showed up to surprise his former sax teacher. Separate multiple emails with a comma.

It probably wouldn't sell more than a hundred copies!

Lou Reed’s friends dismiss claim that Walk on the Wild Side is transphobic

It was not the first time Reed had written a song mentioning Darling. Bowie booked Ross for the session but didn't tell him he'd be there. It made 29 in the US and 13 in the glam-obsessed UK. In the US, RCA took the precaution of issuing radio stations with a cleaned-up version of the song that also replaced the phrase "And the colored girls say" with "And the girls all say. The fact that the song received radio airplay at all was, in retrospect, surprising. Authors Michael Heatley and Frank Hopkinson explain how each boy or man inspired the song written about him, when the song was released, and the impact it had on the charts, the performer, and the subject himself. This website uses cookies to improve user experience.